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Pranav Shahaney

Tue 11 March 2025 14:53, UK

Alan Shearer was impressed with the defensive effort of Unai Emery’s Aston Villa side as they beat Brentford 1-0 in the Premier League.

The Birmingham outfit played host to the Bees at Villa Park on Saturday, 8 March, and picked up a much-needed three points.

With that win, they are now in 8th place with 45 points to their name.

Axel Disasi hailed by Alan Shearer as he makes Team of the Week

Emery opted to start Axel Disasi at right-back and he certainly did not let his manager down.

Keeping the likes of Kevin Schade, Yoanne Wissa and even Bryan Mbuemo on occasion, was not going to be easy.

However, he performed his role exceptionally and vindicated the Spaniard’s decision to select him.

In his Premier League Team of the Week, Shearer put him in at centre-back, surprisingly, with Nottingham Forest’s Ola Aina being named as the right-back.

He wrote: “Brilliant performance. A commanding presence at the back as he kept Bryan Mbeumo and co quiet.”

Thomas Frank’s men found no way past the Aston Villa full-back

Disasi had an incredible and stats also prove how good he was on the defensive end of things for Aston Villa.

He made five clearances all game, per Sofascore, which is impressive for a full-back.

Along with that, the Chelsea-owned defender managed to make three tackles and two interceptions.

He even put his body on the line and blocked a shot which was pretty impressive as he seemed to get better each time he was called into action.

The 27-year-old won six out of 10 of his ground duels – at a success rate of 60 per cent and even managed to win two aerial duels.

He played a number of forward passes and even completed a key pass which is why his accuracy was 73 per cent.

Along with that, he even completed two take-ons, and Emery now will find it hard to take him out of his playing eleven.